Pagefield called in by King’s Cross businesses for public affairs push
Husband and wife team John and Clodagh Higginson set up shop last year.
Wild is moving on after five years at the right-wing campaign group.
Ex-Tory minister Nicola Blackwood gets Global Counsel gig
Former Conservative health minister Nicola Blackwood is to become a senior adviser at Global Counsel, the PR and lobbying firm set up by new Labour architect Peter Mandelson.
Blackwood...
Ex-MHP chief Jonathan Lomax resurfaces with corporate job at MSL
Former MHP Communications chief operating officer Jonathan Lomax is set to join global PR group MSL to lead its corporate practice in London.
Lomax resurfaces at MSL seven months after...
Westbourne wins Santander as bank plots digital public affairs push
Santander has turned to Westbourne Communications to handle public affairs following a competitive pitch earlier this year.
The bank has awarded Westbourne a mandate which is said to...
Dirk Paterson: How I have fought against 'cash for access' lobbying
Influencing is not about cash for access anymore. Good lobbying is about three things: strategy strategy strategy.
When I first said this in a board meeting I had a full-on row the CEO who...
Simon Petar: There are opportunities in Labour’s housing hash
Despite my long-term party membership, I have come to the conclusion that Labour’s approach to housing policy is both tragic and an opportunity in equal measure.
Tragic because the ability...
Aidan Muller: Digital public affairs is finally taking off
A little over a year ago, I called for the public affairs industry to start...
Lunch with... David Wild
A man walks into Shepherd’s wearing a Bates hat. No, not a very lame joke. Just the beginning of my lunch with David Wild, Chairman of Lodestone, and wearer of very fine hats (I myself own two...
The 2017 Stakeholder Awards: Full list of winners
As usual, these highly prestigious awards were decided by a heavyweight one-strong judging panel comprised of the UK’s leading public affairs journalist....
The full list of the lucky (and...
The disruptors: how new lobbying firms are rebooting the old order
In recent years, the UK public affairs industry has resembled the Premier League before Leicester City took the title. A host of heavyweight agencies have dominated proceedings by bossing pitch...